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Letters to the Editor
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This is a public forum to allow our readers to express their personal views. All letters posted represent the opinions and perspectives of each individual writer and do not necessarily reflect those of the Pagosa Daily Post or its staff.
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| | | | Posted 2/2/10 | | | | Do We Need a Village? | | Greg Heiden | | | I read with interest Bill Hudson's fourth installment on the Chamber election. I'll agree that what rural and all America needs is some sustained growth. However, I'll take issue that Pagosa Springs, or any of the surrounding towns and counties needs a Village at Wolfs Creek. All indications that any evenly moderately upscale development is out of step with the times.
I'm providing some interesting links, which you are welcome to publish. The first one deals with the housing industry in general. The Next Leg of the Housing Crisis tends to deal with the housing industry in general, including residential. A Growing Bubble in Commercial Real Estate tends to be a harbinger of how commercial real estate is trending, right in line with residential. This is only a reflection from yesterday in Zero Hedge.
I found it noteworthy in the chart from "Growing Bubble" the first on the list for exposure in the CMBS, Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities, is Wells Fargo. This is just a single screen from the article that one gets from clicking on the chart within the article. Granted there is a lot of gray area in between a single family residence and an office tower, but a good portion of a Wolf Creek development will likely not be primary residences.
I'm betting that Pagosa Springs will be a lot better off filling in some of the blanks in existing developments, before supporting more development. Especially when a Wolf Creek development will radically change the character of the area. I think we really need to start looking fairly deeply into the motives and consequences before getting too carried away | | | |
| | | | Posted 1/29/10 | | | | Well-crafted Opinion | | Patty Tillerson | | | I just discovered Bill Hudson's article under "Opinions & Editorials" and must say, he did a good job — had the DA not charged this woman, then it would have encouraged many others to lie — that really worried me.
Cases I have responded to, I always question "further" about such things as guns, rape, etc. We must impress that the truth is absolutely necessary — I have been on several calls over the years where law enforcement made no arrest after my interview. However, that was under a different Sheriff — seems back then, they were more commonsensical about these things.
Thank you to Mr. Hudson for writing the way that he did. | | | | Kudos to Fred Harman | | Fr. Clark Sherman | | | Congratulations to Fred Harman on being named Citizen of the Year. Could anyone be more deserving?
All of our lives have been made better by this wonderful man. I am proud to be his friend. God bless you Fred. Thanks for being you. | | | |
| | | | Posted 1/28/10 | | | | Missing Mail | | Doug Smith | | | I found Mr. Hudson's recent article about the missing vehicle registration notices very interesting, in light of what recently happened to me.
I had a very important piece of mail disappear for about two weeks. Just this week, the mail finally showed up in Pagosa.
My wife called the Post Office in Pagosa and was surprised to learn from an employee that 90 per cent of all the mail is damaged by the sorting machine. Some of this damaged mail is rendered undeliverable.
Maybe this sorting machine ate most of the vehicle registration notices around August? | | |
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